Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!eos!shelby!UCSCC.UCSC.EDU!haynes From: haynes@UCSCC.UCSC.EDU (99700000) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kerberos Subject: Question about ksu and root instance tickets Message-ID: <9006071818.AA14081@ucscc.UCSC.EDU> Date: 7 Jun 90 18:18:38 GMT Sender: daemon@shelby.Stanford.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 5 The ksu command reminds you to destroy the root instance ticket before you exit the super user shell. I got to wondering if the root instance ticket is ever used for anything once you get to be super user - could the ksu command just destroy it automatically when it is about to fork the root-owned shell?